[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16347]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-26885]


Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
Amended (``Act'')

June 12, 1998.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
declaration(s) and any amendments is/are available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
writing by July 6, 1998, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant 
applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified below. 
Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by 
certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing 
should identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are 
disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if 
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the 
matter. After July 6, 1998, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), 
as filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become 
effective.

Eastern Utilities Associates (70-9205)

    Notice of Proposal to Amend Declaration of Trust to Eliminate 
Requirement of Shareholder Approval For the Sale By Eastern Utility 
Associates of Any of Its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries; Order Authorizing 
Solicitation of Proxies
    Eastern Utilities Associates, (``EUA''), P.O. Box 2333, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02107, a registered holding company, has filed a 
declaration with the Commission under section 6(a)(2), 7, and 12(e) of 
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 
and rules 62 and 65 under the Act.
    EUA's declaration of trust (``Declaration of Trust'') currently 
provides that a two thirds majority of the holders of its outstanding 
common shares entitled to vote must approve the sale by EUA of any of 
its majority-owned subsidiaries. EUA seeks authority to amend its 
Declaration of Trust to eliminate this requirement (``Proposed 
Amendment'').
    EUA proposes to solicit proxies from its common shareholders 
(``Shareholders'') to approve the Proposed Amendment at a special 
meeting scheduled for July 20, 1998 (``Special Meeting''). Accordingly, 
EUA requests that an order authorizing the solicitation of proxies be 
issued as soon as practicable under rule 62(d).
    It is ordered, under rule 62 under the Act, that the declaration 
regarding the proposed solicitation of proxies can become effective 
immediately, subject to the terms and conditions contained in rule 24 
under the Act.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16347 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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